Improvement in grain



H. HAAK.

Grain Gage.

No. 59,213. Patented Det. 30, 1866.

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HENRY HAAK, OF MYERSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAINTGAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,213, dated October 30, 1866.

To all idiom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HAAK, of Myerstowmin the county of Lebanon, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved GrainGage; and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, and to the letters of refen ence marked thereon.

rlhe nature of my invention consists in determinin g the exact quantity of tiour contained in different qualities of wheat to the bushel. By this instrument or scale the respective quantities of Hour to the sixtieth (60th) part of the Weight of a bushel may be ascertained, the beam ofthe scale being properly graduated for this purpose.

F, Figure l, is a plan of the scale; Figs. 2 and 4, the measure, which, when set in the scale, will balance the same.

A is the striker, and B a spring attached to the side ot' the measure for the purpose of giving the measure a knock or rap to settle the wheat more compactly together, thereby very exactly giving the same quantity at every measure before Weighing. The measure, Fig.l 4, being lled, is set on the balance, as shown by a section of it in Fig. 3. The cover or pla-tform G is attached to the balance-beam E, and the stem E is also attached to this beam, and is set in the upright tube D to keep the bearings G G in position. This tube D is attached to the bottom ofthe stand. rllhe other support, h, is attached to the beam F, with its bearings G i. Fig. l is a ring attached to the beam F, and in which the cover or platform rests with its bearings at C'. jjjare guides or stays to keep the measure in place when on the platform.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. I he measure A', provided with the spring and striker A and B, constructed and operated substantially as described.

2. The graduated beam F, the bearing-bean'i E, tube D, and stem E', arranged and operated' as described.

HENRY HAAK.

In presence of- WII. R. BRADFORD, CHAs. WILsoN, WILLIAM URIGH. 

